Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
March 23, 2026

Poetry

Poems published in Piker Press, a weekly journal of arts and literature.

4,212 articles — page 54 of 141


Reflections Upon Visiting the Old Cemetery in Roorkee by Ankit Raj Ojha

"...buried in an alien land, doomed for the rest of eternity..."

Why I Love My Job (Incendiary Device) by Ian Mullins

Ian Mullins ships out from Liverpool, England, where he is a full-time Carer to his elderly parents. He dreams of one day leaving the house.

Eye have by Mike Zone

"...Swallowing the hollow look..."

When Suicide Slithered in Like a Snake by Ndaba Sibanda

"...you harped blame on detractors and the West..."

Tremor by Gopal Lahiri

"...I stare at the broken columns and pillars..."

The Biggest Joke Is Death by Catfish McDaris

"...coffins, cowboys, virgins, ghost..."

Abortion by Sanjeev Sethi

"...Previously I was supportive of poetry sourced from our rent..."

Long Beards and Fat Bellies by Fabrice Poussin

"...He told them all how to live..."

97, Coming to Terms & Goodbye by Michael Lee Johnson

"...facing my own death on my own time..."

Let Me Introduce Them by Amrita Valan

"...We are scattered like watermelon seeds..."

Alexandria by Bozhidar Pangelov

"...To run? To hide? To turn from Alexandria?..."

Lay My Head by Nolcha Fox

"...the storm clouds throwing thunder..."

Cold by Rp Verlaine

"...in New York a pretty face is a degenerate's menu..."

Greed! by Pranab Ghosh

"...Shadows do not make history..."

Read Funny Sad Letters by Wayne F. Burke

'..."I am Me," Ginsberg writes...'

Reminiscent by Chayanika Saikia

"...ghost of the person looking straight at you from the past..."

Images by Lynn White

"...Which mirror will show me..."

Without Help by Antony King

"...The battle begins<br> as this war rages on..."

hell and heaven by George Gad Economou

"...both places invite me, a part of me exists in both places...."

Break Up the Day by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

"Nothing is easy as you grow too old..."

Spring on the Beach by Ken Allan Dronsfield

One last image of springtime before ...

Where you'll find me when my poetry days are done by Peter A. Witt

"...see the bluebonnets blazing in a spring meadow..."

Unison by Sayani Mukherjee

"...Squabbles hard over empty nothings..."

There Isn't Any Other by J.R. Barner

"...To say how I’m feeling as I watch..."

Haunting Is Harder Than You Think by Richard LeDue

"...some poems are children playing on Halloween..."

Moonshadow by Julian O. Long

"...hopin’ light will stay the night..."

Cloud Catchers by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury

Tejaswinee Roychowdhury is a Bengali-Indian lawyer, writer, and poet.

produce by Paul Tanner

"...the company waits in its own shadows:..."

My name is Stephen, with ph by Stephen Kingsnorth

"...I always introduce myself..."

Standing for Something by Dan Provost

"...Now, you're just counting days..."